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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I never gave a reason why a game would/wouldn't run on Linux. I just said that games are a reason some people continue to use Windows.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a very small subset of games and most are live service microtransaction garbage not worth playing anyway. Many are spyware and viruses disguised as games, eg Valorant

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The quality of those games is irrelevant. The user asked why people still use Windows and I gave a few examples. Simple as that.

You are arguing for the sake of it.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, they're saying you are making a mountain of molehill and using it as justification. You are saying you are technically correct, the best kind of correct.

Now you two feel free to proceed, I have my popcorn.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah but they are saying a reason why people don't move, not a justification of why he isn't.

That said I had to run a program that detected my computer specs for a job interview recently, and they flagged my machine because I had just booted Windows in Virtual box so I could hopefully pass their test. Instead I had to borrow my spouses laptop, run the test then went back to using my computer for everything else once the test was over.

That said, you should never take a job that requires you to use your own hardware... But desperate times...

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The user asked why people still use Windows and I gave a few examples.

You gave examples, but they were incorrect and invalid examples. As I already corrected you, you're parroting a myth because games do run on Linux. In fact, games run better and faster on linux than windows

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds/